Matthew Head
Matthew Head has built a career through sheer talent, resilience and by earning the respect of power players within his industry including Oprah Winfrey, celebrated Broadway Director, Kenny Leon, and Academy Award winner Halle Berry. Through these coveted positions, the Marietta-native’s work has won an Emmy, an NAACP Image Award, a Peabody Award, and countless nominations. With over 50 credits to his name, Head brings masterful insight and a keen ear to each and every project. From hard-hitting documentaries that challenge the viewer to change the way they think about the world to light-hearted comedies that offer the escapism movies often do; from packed theatres to a home audience, no matter the scale, he uses his unique ability to move an audience through music; to take a scene and accentuate key moments to increase the intensity of a line, word, glance or motion.
As Atlanta’s Film and TV music man, Head has secured the position of Music Producer for OWN’s number one rated show Greenleaf for two seasons and Kenny Leon’s go-to guy for theatre productions. In 2017 alone, Head curated music for the reincarnation of Holler If Ya Hear Me, a star-studded production of Our Town (Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo), and August Wilson’s play King Hedley II. Head’s work on AJC’s Doctors & Sex Abuse documentary also helped earn the team a Peabody Award furthering his reputations the region’s Renaissance man. Matthew composed the score for Viacom’s/BET top rated series drama, Carl Weber’s The Family Business and the romance comedy Boomerang. While working along-side award winning producer Timbaland, Matthew produced the music on YouTube Premium’s and Lionsgate’s hit series Step Up High-Water.
At just 5-years-old, Matthew began playing piano and by 12 began writing music. His mother, as chool-teacher, played instrumental, jazz, and new age music in their Marietta, Georgia home while the future composer/producer found joy listening to the Michael Jackson albums produced by mastermind Quincy Jones. Matthew continued pursuing his gift, and through that he landed projects with Capital Records and Atlantic Records. He continues to build his body of work and through that has gained a stellar reputation for excellence while maintaining an approachable attitude.
Matthew is well known for his scores for the PBS docuseries The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, as well as Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. He recently scored the series Tom Swift for the CW Network, the documentary Stand directed by Joslyn Rose Lyons, and the documentary This World is Not My Own directed by Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell. He also writes the score and produces all the music for P-Valley for Starz and scored t he feature film Takeover starring Quavo. Mostrecently, Matthew completed the score for Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback, an NBC Sports/Peacock documentary directed by Rikki Hughes and produced by Joe Tuck. He is currently scoring The Varnell Hill Show for Bentley Evans Productions, directed by Bentley Kyle Evans.
FILM:
Takeover
Studio: Quality Control
Producers: Taylor Church / LC Crowley
Director: Grzegorz Jonkajtys
Strength of a Woman
Studio: Blue Butterfly
Director: Shari Carpenter
Real Love
Studio: Blue Butterfly
Director: Camrus Johnson
This World is Not My Own
Studio: Opendox
Producer: Ruchi Mital
Director: Petter Ringbom
Stand
Studio: Mandalay Sports Media
Producers: Colleen Dominguez / Tom Friend
Director: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Wilmington on Fire: Chapter II
Studio: Speller Street Films
Producer/Director: Christopher Everett
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Studio: HBO Max
Producer: Oluwaseun Babalola
Director: Julia Marchesi
After We’re Over
Studio: One of the Ones Productions
Producer: Crystal Collins
Director: Nate Myers
This Could be Your Home
Studio: One of the Ones Productions
Producer: Crystal Collins
Director: Nate Myers
Influence
Studio: Influence Productions
Producers: Gregory Ramon Anderson / ND Brown
Director: Trey Haley
The Baby Proposal
Studio: Nina Holiday Entertainment
Producers: Cas Sigers-Beedles / Terri J. Vaughn
Director: Ryan Richmond
Always a Bridesmaid
Studio: AAB Film
Producers: Gregory Ramon Anderson / ND Brown
Director: Trey Haley
Throwback Holiday
Studio: Throwback Film
Producers: Gregory Ramon Anderson / ND Brown
Director: Trey Haley
Merry Wish-Mas
Producers: Angi Bones / David Mann
Director: Terri J. Vaughn
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Studio: Buffalo 8 Productions
Producers: ND Brown / tracey Moore
Director: Trey Haley
The Choir Director
Studio: Tri Destined Studios
Producers: ND Brown / Tracey Moore
Director: Trey Haley
Release
Producers: Alexa Reass / Edward Varnie
Director: Edward Varnie
The Preacher’s Son
Studio: Tri Destined Studios
Producers: ND Brown / Tracey Moore
Director: Trey Haley
#DigitalLivesMatter
Studio: Archive Entertainment
Producers: David Banner / D.C Young Fly
Director: Terri J. Vaughn
For Love: A Filmtrack to the Album by Jansport
Studio: Emerald City Arts
Producer: Dana Buckley
Director: Ashley Ellis
Wilmington on Fire
Studio: Speller Street Films
Producers: Chris Everett / Blackhouse Publishing
Director: Chris Everett
The Man in 3B
Studio: Buffalo 8 Productions
Producers: ND Brown / Tracey Moore
Director: Trey Haley
Struggle
Producer: Roger Hill
Director: Roger Hill
Angel’s Wings
Producer: Trina Sterling
Directors: Tracy Crews / Blanca Houston
I Am a Dream Chaser
Studio: Dapa Entertainment
Producer: Darrick Patterson
Director: Darrick Patterson
The Start of Dreams
Studio: Horne Brothers
Producers: Byron Horne / Ryon Horne
Director: Horne Brothers
The Kissing Bandit
Producer: Kay Eatmon
Director: Horne Brothers
Haiti Speaks
Studio: Emerald City Arts
Producers: Dana Buckley / Ashley Ellis
Director: Ashley Ellis
TELEVISION:
The Varnell Hill Show
Studio: Bentley Evans Productions
Directors: Bentley Kyle Evans
Producers: Jonathan M. Howard | Alyson Fouse
FIELD GENERALS: HISTORY OF THE BLACK QUARTERBACK
Studio: NBC Sports | Peacock
Directors: Rikki Hughes
Producers: Joe Tuck
Mo’ Waffles
Studio: ColorCreative
Directors: Sam Brave | Kendra Jordan
Producers: Chelsea Adewunmi / Giselle Bailey
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Studio: 3 Arts Entertainment / HBO
Directors: Giselle Bailey / Phil Bertelsen
Producers: Jacobo Rispa | Damián Romay
Miss Governer
Studio: Tyler Perry Studios / Netflix
Creator: Niya Palmer
Divorced Sistas
Studio: Tyler Perry Studios
Creator: Tyler Perry
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Studio: PBS
Directors: Julia Marchesi / Nailah Sims
Producers: Henry Louis Gates Jr. / Dyllan McGee
Tom Swift
Studio: CBS / Starz
Producers: Lis Rowinski / Stephanie Savage
Director: Ruben Garcia
P-Valley
Studio: Chernin Entertainment / Starz
Producer: Katori Hall
Directors: Tasha Smith / Kimberly Pierce / Tamra Davis
Step-Up: High Water (Music Producer)
Studio: Free Association / Starz
Creator: Holly Sorensen
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Studio: Front Street Pictures
Producers: Moshe Bardach / Charles Cooper
Director: Kenny Leon
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
Studio: PBS
Producer: Shayla Harris
Directors: Shayla Harris / Stacey L Holman
Boomerang
Studio: 606 Films
Producers: Ben Cory Jones / Lena Waithe
Directors: Juel taylor / Dime Davis
The Family Business
Studio: Tri Destined Studios
Producers: Gregory Ramon Anderson / Veronica F. Nichols
Director: Trey Haley
Greenleaf (Music producer)
Studio: Lionsgate
Creator: Craig Wright
Consequences
Studio: East Rock St. Production
Producers: Kiziana Jean-Louis / Ben Tubuo
Directors: Tony Tambi / Bambadjan Bamba
Girlfriends Getaway 1 & 2
Studio: Bobbcat Films
Producers: Angi Bones / Linda Juliana Lemos
Director: Roger M. Bobb
The Value of Ex
Producers: Amber Kaye / Caryn K. Hayes
Director: Bridgett Lawrence
Split
Studio: 3 Hot Mamas Productions
Producer: Rebecca Norris
Directors: Rebecca Norris
In the Meantime
Studio: Bobbcat Films
Producer: Angi Bones
Directors: Roger M. Bobb
Entangled With You
Studio: Hardly Working Entertainment
Producer: Caryn K. Hayes
Director: Caryn K. Hayes
Raising Izzie
Studio: Bobbcat Films
Producer: Angi Bones
Director: Roger M. Bobb
Borderline Coyotes
Producers: Exie Booker / Victor Kelso
Director: Victor Kelso
Chris/tina
Studio: Anchorbolt Studios
Producer: Mario Reyes
Directors: Rocky Collins / Jorge Ortiz
Milk & Honey
Studio: Brown paper Dolls
Producers: Dana Gils / Asha Kamali
Director: Jeanette L. McDuffie
